Improved seat for parks and gardens



` description.

A Cdlnid Stairs N @anni @mitra SAMUEL .MACPEREAN yor PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

N LenmramlvopsovadadMaly4,1869.

IMPROVE!) SEAT FOR AND GARDENS. I

The Schedule referred to these Letters Patent andmaking pazt of thegame.

To. all whom "it m/y concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL MAGFEREAN, of the city and` county ofPhiladelphia, andl State of.Penn

Sylvania, have invented'a new and. useful Improvement in Seats forParks, Gardens, Sto.; and `I do hereby 'declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe ac-vcompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. y An The nature of my invention consists of a seat made wholly, or theprincipal'part, of clay, `in the usual manner ofmanufacturing.terra-cotta ware.

Theobject of the invention is the production of ay seat of a durablenature at a cheap rate, and which may be made of handsome appearance ata triiing additional expense, as will be seen by the following In the`accompanying drawings,- whichy make a part oftthis speeication'- IFigure 1 is a perspective view of the improved seat.

Figure 2-is avertical section of thesame.'v ,Like letters in bothguresindicate the same parts. A is a clay pipe, which I make of sufcientlength to be sunk inthe ground a proper distance to insure permanency,and to project aboveethe same a suitable height fora seat;` v

I enlarge the upper end of the pipe to any desired size, andprovideitwith arebate, a, for the 'receptionof the Wooden seat "B, whichI-secure by means of screws b, which pass through the lip c of therebate. Said bottom hasone or more holes, d, for-thepassage of water,which wonldjcollect without this provision,

from rain" and snow, and be absorbed, and thus tend to produce a speedydecay, of which we have practical illustration in cityfpnblio squaresand other places.

Asthe water runsgtif` the surface Vof the seat., ir` stantly, and fallsthrough the pipe A, and is absorbed by the ground, there is not theinconvenience from rains, when these seats are used, which is incidentalto ordinary seats, which hold the water, and Vconseqnently remain wetfor some time after the rain.

The seat B is provided' with a back, G, which is supported by means ofthe bent bar D, to which it is screwed or riveted, as seen in fig. l',the endsV of the bar being bronghtfbeneath the seat and confined by.means of screws e.l

When very cheap seats are,` wanted, they may be made without the back C;and if desired, the seat B may be made of the same material as the pipeA, in

a separatepiece, or the two parts maybe made in one piece, if preferred.

l tAny variety of form and ornamentation may be given to the seat B orpipe A, by the use of suitable moulds. And the part B may be connectedwith the part A in any convenient manner.

l`What I claim las my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

A seat, having parts A B, constructed of terra-cotta Aor terracotta andwood combined, substantially in the manner above ldescribed, and for thepurpose specified. In testimony that the above is my invention, I havehereunto set my hand and aixed my seal, this A3d day ,of April, A; D.1869.

SAML. MACFERRAN. [1). 5.]

Witnesses:

STEPHEN UsTIoK, WM. LARZELERE.

